The ObservatoryExistential
Meaning, purpose, and values
What makes up this dimension
Existential wellbeing is measured in 4 parts. Under each part are the life areas you can work on and follow over time.
Meaning and coherence
About meaning and coherence →The experience that one's life and activities matter and can be understood as a whole.
Meaning and purpose
Not ratedThe sense that life matters and that what you do feels important.
Acceptance and reconciliation
Not ratedBeing able to accept what cannot be changed, and make peace with the past.
Spirituality and connection
Not ratedThe feeling of being part of something bigger, religious or not.
Value congruence
About value congruence →The degree to which choices and behavior match what the person themselves sees as important.
Identity
About identity →A coherent and relatively secure sense of who one is and what one stands for.
Future direction and hope
About future direction and hope →The experience of direction, possibilities and realistic hope for the future.
Content
One minute: one value into the next hour
Choose one thing to care about in the coming hour, and carry it with you
Session7 minThe wider view
A perspective-widening moment that zooms out from today's worries, through the size of the room and of time
Article1 minDoes self-help work?
An honest look at what research says about helping yourself, and when it isn't enough.
Tool7 minThe values review
A recurring weekly check: which value guided you, and which one was forgotten.
Self-assessment4 minAre you holding the wheel?
Do you steer your life, or does it happen to you? Four scales on perceived control, and where it does the most good.
Story5 minGeorg and the bench
When the calendar empties, meaning rarely comes back as a project — more often as a bench, a question and a name.
Exercise2 minTwo minutes: more than one way
When you're stuck: find three ways to get closer to something you want, not just one
Session8 minA moment of awe
A guided moment that widens the perspective: the feeling of being a small, belonging part of something larger
Article2 minHow to see through bad self-help
The market is full of promises that don't hold. Seven warning flags, and three signs that something is worth your time.
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Where do you stand on existential?
With an account you do your first assessment for free, set a baseline 0–10, watch the hexagon shift over time, and get suggestions based on your weakest dimension.